DILLIGAF?: Project Ratty
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what paint did you use for your cam cover?
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Cam cover looks awesome! You should sand off the mazda lettering
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@9578f53955=jay:
what paint did you use for your cam cover?
Honda Super Sonic Blue from Halfrauds.
@9578f53955=Marco:
Cam cover looks awesome! You should sand off the mazda lettering
:wink:Nah, I'm gonna do the lettering black eventually
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So had a little bit of trouble last week, the car was spluttering really badly and dying at idle speed after asking on here the problem was discovered and fixed in five minutes literally!
The offending split in the pipe :shock:And the new pipe fitted
And a shot of the new paint additions in the bay (and live battery cable cover from my old Civic)
Today I finished work at 2pm but didn't get in until after 4 (it's a 10-15 minute journey usually) because one of my tyres had a blow out! Luckily I was coming up to a round about when it went so I was slowing down.
Hopefully this is the end of the bad spell for the car.
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It's been a lovely day to be off work, so I took an opportunity to have a blast up the North Yorkshire moors and stop off for a few photo's. I was surprised to still see snow up near Blakey Ridge and so wanted to pull up at one of the mounds left over but they weren't in very parking friendly places….
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Nice pics. its been pissing down with rain on the island all day :roll:
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Just done a quick photoshop of my car lowered on its belly
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Have you and your car been on an unannounced holiday to Vatnajokull? It looks like magma is trying to force its way out of the very Earth around you :shock:
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Once again I've been out with the camera this morning taking some snaps of the car (I get bored the minute my eyes open)..
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Your car looks nice, you should look into getting some clear side repeaters and front indicaters.
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@d897029437=ukmx3admin:
Your car looks nice, you should look into getting some clear side repeaters and front indicaters.
I've been trying to find smoked ones. I could do with a new front bumper and wing first off though, the bumper has some horrible marks on it and is slightly warped where the previous owner hit something, this means the offside front indicator doesn't sit correctly in the slot :( the nearside wing has a slight crumple near the headlight :(
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pics look brill mate
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So being bored and skint I decided to do some free and easy modifying today:
(actually, it was to do with intense cleaning of the interior).
But I did find this worrying patch of car cancer :cry:
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Oh dear! Think it looks worse than it is though, you'd best treat that ASAP, as it looks like seatbelt bolt goes through where rust is, Have a good poke around rusty area with a screwdriver, make sure there are no holes, if there are no holes, get a grinder on affected area and get rid of that rust. Put some good zinc based primer on bare steel and recoat from there, not gonna look too pretty but it should restrict corrosion
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While grinding the rust away from what you can see is grand remember that its rusting away from the other side of the metal, wirebrush it back on either side if the metal is still good, prime it and waxoyl it from the underside afterwards, if the metal is eaten though then get a patch welded in I suppose.
Don't just waxoyl onto the rust 'cos that'll just trap moisture in and it'll keep rusting away.
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If its rusting from outside in, then its gonna need replacing as it would have rusted right through, I still think its surface rust from inside, so if he grinds back to shiny metal, it shows that its not from outside, it should sustain corrosion if treated properly afterwards, waxoil is generally used for rust prevention in inner skin areas like doors, sills etc IMO
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I don't know how it could be rusting from the inside out though, if there was any dampness inside the car you would be able to tell and without moisture there would be no rust.
My money is on it going from the outside in. Either way, it's better gone! :)
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I got a bit of surface rust in the back of mine, i think it come from inside the car as the huge back windows is like a greenhouse for condesation. Wire brush off and treat :)
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Slightly off topic…how does the motor handle now you've stripped the rear seats out? I've done the same thing, and despite lowering it it's still tail happy in the wet.
Excellent project though, well done mate!
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@2e83c60fca=kp81:
Slightly off topic…how does the motor handle now you've stripped the rear seats out? I've done the same thing, and despite lowering it it's still tail happy in the wet.
Excellent project though, well done mate!
When stripped it will always be tail happy, think of the weight distribution now, i'd say around 70/30 or more back it nothing but bare metal font has a big engine in.
